The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-11-30

all the bOys,-who loved to sit in there and
smoke, bad gone back to the day coaches
to sDocze away the depressing twilight,
and Dove supposed he was entirely sGone.
He was examining a new cam pie case,
stroDg,Gs grGnite mountain, that be-
longed to a hardware man. Dave whistled
softly 90 he critically noted the good and
weak points of she case, when Voice
ssid,
''Tbat:felloWswill give you great deal
of troukie."
Dave eianced toward the glooGy corner
OF the csc. and saw a tall man, OF serious
aspect, sietiDg croeslegged on tin trunk
marked Johann ImmerlIng Esengehen-
desiTaussoDberger; Millegewaukeeburgh,
Stadt WeSTIiches Constanchen; 3merige-
lard" The stranger held an Enlighted
cigar between his long fingers, and was
looking at the Baggage man instead OF the
trunk. The railrOader was in n0wfse sur.
pTised; strangers frequently followed
| Dawes commercial and professional ac-
ouaintsnces into hIs car, 50 he merely said.
"She's lone hand. sure; but l guess
can eucher II, If lag out to. I've seen q
good many solid pieces come in here on
four good casters and go out In an ambu-
lance"
"still," said the stranger, lighting his
cigar by breathing upon it, but yoo
never saw one so strong as that"
trunks" said Dave. gazing with uucon-
cealed admiration at the cigar flake" and
wondering If he had Hermann in there to
amuse him,
- ought to- said the stranger.
"COpe off" shouted the baggagemsu.
Then you must be the de"
"Oh. breathe not his nameW said the
stranger, smiling as he blew out a cloud of
emCke with a blue light and a slightly
l.. a
that is my trunk that you are admlriDg,
Nothing supernatural in 1t. Com
mon tlunh: warranted to contain
nothing bat wearing apparel, not all
made up. It's fiendish invention of hu-
man manufacture. Made by an cid darkey
down in Texas, and I've been going around
with IL nearly three months, and it's as
good SO new. Dollars to doughDUts you
can't start a seam or break a corner OF it. I"
well" said Dave, ''you and / have been
in business good many years; I've often
heard OF you-often heard your name men
toned in this car, hut think Lnever met
you before. I've often been told to go to
you, but / always declined, and now you We
come TO me. So you invented trunks, eh?,
eyes" said the Adversary, II think
did. If there is en- evil in the world that
shlicts travelling humanity worse than
baggage ! don't EnOW what ii IS. Its IN
heTent Wickedness is evident from the fact
that it is barred ct the portals OF Paradise
No man can take pound OF baggage to
heaven with him. But how long do you
want to smash that hat-box of NINE"
81 guess I'll send her 10 the rope man
when we get to Chicago" said Dave conf
IDENTIFY.
"Pll give you year" said the stranger,
''and you can double check it up and
down on your own run all the time. Get
ho 70 oil hao L
in a year, and If you haven't made dent
in it by that time, I'll put you inside of
IT."
The stranger pulled his cigar with a
shower Of sparks and blue fire like roman
candle and Dave was alone. He shook
! himself, searched through the car, and
grew very thoughtful.
We'll" be said, "if that trunk WASH t
there, Ia say I'd been asleep"
but the trunk was there-a leather at
fsir, se1ed with rivets, big as all out
coos sud heavy as mogul engine. Dave
tossed - back and forth, kicked 1t, and
| twisted it, fired big trunks at it, jammed it
up md down or the floor till the car rock
ed, ard the trunk went down the skids at
| Chic, 90 without a wrinkle. The baggage
was ltyeT clsimed. and the bows used to
practice on it, but it stood Bullets better
than football. In about eleven
I
i, ,, saying that he was tired of rail
| aiding. He went down 10 Normal, and
V emit to work for florist raising an caring
or delicate dollhouse plants. and living
| about all the time in the most fragile of
/ glass houses. Last time 1 saw him he was
training some pets, a couple of tiny canary
/ birds, the two of them scarcely so big as
| one of his thumbs. They fairly lived on
| the big fellows shoulders and IN his hair,
81 do hate anything big and rough" he
said, showing me little cobweb of e cage
/ he had made for them, so delicate you
/ hardly dare breathe upon IL. "See this
| little arrangement for them to draw water
within The whole thing, birds, cage, well
/ bucket, chain and all doesn't weigh five
! ounces. And say, old man, you needn't be
calling me Dave so loud. My names
Dsniel-Dsniel Henderson. Say, have you
seen any of the boys on the old run lately I
Are they all right?'
He seemed joyously treasured when
/ told him they were, and l came away.
| What made me think of him to-day was
this little paragraph l saw in Chicago
| paper yesterday:
"At sale OF unclaimed baggage by the
Kalsmakee, Andover d Crossway Railroad
| yesterday. one very large trunk was sold
| for thirty eight dollars, and on cutting ii
open, IS the lock could not be forced, the
trunk was found to consist simply of q
! bale of Texas cotton, leather covered. II
had evidently been put up by some crank
to torment the much-enduring and patient
| bsggageman, and had lain in the freight
house OF the company over year.
ROBERT ]. BURDETTE.